Data plotted here is from DINOSTRAT, available via Zenodo: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18375303. Please cite Bijl, 2022 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-579-2022 when using this data.

Distribution


Plots are based on the following information

FO/LO	Location	Taxon	Source	Calibration	Age (Ma)	Paleolatitude
FO	Jixi Basin	Vesperopsis didaoensis	Cheng Jinhui and He Chengquan, 2001	0 in stage_Berriasian	143.1	38.794
LO	Jixi Basin	Vesperopsis didaoensis	Cheng Jinhui and He Chengquan, 2001	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	51.461
FO	Isle of Wright	Vesperopsis digitata	Duxbury, 1983	0 in amm_b_Hypacanthoplites jacobi	114.8	41.764
FO	Isle of Wright	Vesperopsis digitata	Duxbury, 1983	0 in stage_Aptian	121.4	39.738
LO	Isle of Wright	Vesperopsis digitata	Duxbury, 1983	1 in stage_Aptian	113.2	42.071
FO	Isle of Wright	Vesperopsis dolabella	Duxbury, 1983	0 in stage_Albian	113.2	42.071
LO	Isle of Wright	Vesperopsis dolabella	Duxbury, 1983	0.5 in stage_Albian	106.85	42.497
FO	Synthesis N Germany	Vesperopsis fragilis	Harding, 1986a	0.5 in stage_Hauterivian	129.55	38.911
LO	Synthesis N Germany	Vesperopsis fragilis	Harding, 1986a	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	39.762
FO	Songliao	Vesperopsis glabra	Qiao Xiuyun et al., 1992	0 in stage_Berriasian	143.1	22.329
LO	Songliao	Vesperopsis glabra	Qiao Xiuyun et al., 1992	1 in stage_Barremian	121.4	33.031
FO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis granulata	Wan Chuanbiao and Zhang Ying, 1990	0 in stage_Berriasian	143.1	53.793
LO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis granulata	Wan Chuanbiao and Zhang Ying, 1990	1 in stage_Albian	100.5	50.034
FO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis jixianensis	Wan Chuanbiao et al., 1995	0 in stage_Berriasian	143.1	53.793
LO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis jixianensis	Wan Chuanbiao et al., 1995	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	53.416
FO	se England	Vesperopsis longicornis	Batten and Lister, 1988	0 in stage_Barremian	126.5	38.675
LO	se England	Vesperopsis longicornis	Batten and Lister, 1988	1 in stage_Barremian	121.4	40.061
FO	Arctic Basin	Vesperopsis longicornis	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.25 in stage_Aptian	119.35	72.588
LO	Labrador Sea	Vesperopsis longicornis	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.46 in stage_Albian	107.358	55.83
LO	Northeast Greenland	Vesperopsis longicornis	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.25 in stage_Albian	110.025	57.149
LO	Hold With Hope	Vesperopsis longicornis	Nøhr-Hansen et al., 2019	0.33 in stage_Albian	109.009	57.727
LO	Svalbard	Vesperopsis longicornis	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.9 in stage_Aptian	114.02	70.354
FO	Scotian Margin	Vesperopsis mayi	Williams et al., 1993	0.75 in stage_Barremian	122.675	36.955
LO	Scotian Margin	Vesperopsis mayi	Williams et al., 1993	0.25 in stage_Cenomanian	98.85	41.144
LO	Scotian Margin	Vesperopsis mayi	Fensome et al., 2008	0.5 between 0 stage_Cenomanian 1 nan_c_NC11	97.24	41.357
FO	Northeast Greenland	Vesperopsis mayi	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.47 in stage_Aptian	117.546	55.805
FO	Northeast Greenland	Vesperopsis mayi	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.47 in stage_Aptian	117.546	55.805
FO	Hold With Hope	Vesperopsis mayi	Nøhr-Hansen et al., 2019	0.45 in stage_Aptian	117.71	56.234
FO	Nuussuaq basin	Vesperopsis nebulosa	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.15 in stage_Albian	111.295	58.907
FO	Wyoming	Vesperopsis nebulosa	Bint, 1986	0.5 in stage_Albian	106.85	48.994
LO	Wyoming	Vesperopsis nebulosa	Bint, 1986	1 in stage_Albian	100.5	49.703
FO	Sussex	Vesperopsis pseudovitrea	Lister and Batten, 1988b	0.75 in stage_Barremian	122.675	39.416
LO	Sussex	Vesperopsis pseudovitrea	Lister and Batten, 1988b	0.5 in stage_Aptian	117.3	41.024
FO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis reticulata	Wan Chuanbiao and Zhang Ying, 1990	0 in stage_Berriasian	143.1	53.793
LO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis reticulata	Wan Chuanbiao and Zhang Ying, 1990	1 in stage_Albian	100.5	50.034
FO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis sanjiangensis	Wan Chuanbiao and Qiao Xiuyun, 1994	0 in stage_Pliensbachian	192.9	47.123
LO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis sanjiangensis	Wan Chuanbiao and Qiao Xiuyun, 1994	1 in stage_Toarcian	174.7	53.216
FO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis tongfosiensis	Qiao Xiayun et al., 2003	0 in stage_Hauterivian	132.6	53.818
LO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis tongfosiensis	Qiao Xiayun et al., 2003	1 in stage_Barremian	121.4	52.718
FO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis yanjiensis	Mao Shaozhi et al., 1999	0 in stage_Valanginian	137.7	53.697
LO	Heilongjiang	Vesperopsis yanjiensis	Mao Shaozhi et al., 1999	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	53.416
FO	Songliao	Vesperopsis zhaodongensis	Qiao Xiuyun et al., 1992	0 in stage_Aptian	121.4	33.031
LO	Songliao	Vesperopsis zhaodongensis	Qiao Xiuyun et al., 1992	1 in stage_Aptian	113.2	32.13